Hazardous and Special Products

2024 program fees for hazardous and special products have been finalized. See the fees here.

Read our Frequently Asked Questions about the HSP Program here.

The Hazardous and Special Products (HSP) Regulation under the Resource Recovery and Circular Economy Act, 2016 (RRCEA) designates automotive materials (oil filters, oil containers and antifreeze), solvents, paints and coatings, pesticides, fertilizers, mercury-containing devices (barometers, thermometers and thermostats) and pressurized containers (non-refillable pressurized containers, refillable pressurized containers, refillable propane containers), under Ontario’s extended producer responsibility (EPR) regulatory framework.

EPR makes producers accountable for their products and packaging once consumers are finished with them; sets mandatory and enforceable requirements for resource recovery; and gives producers choices for resource recovery services in a competitive market.

As of October 1, 2021, following the wind up of the Municipal Hazardous or Special Waste (MHSW) program operated by Stewardship Ontario on September 30, 2021, HSP producers are individually accountable and financially responsible for requirements set out under the HSP Regulation.

Materials included in the regulation:

Category A

  • Oil filters
  • Non-refillable pressurized containers

Category B 

  • Refillable pressurized containers
  • Antifreeze
  • Oil containers
  • Paints and coatings
  • Solvents
  • Pesticides

Category C

  • Mercury-containing devices
    • Barometers
    • Thermometers
    • Thermostats

Category D

  • Fertilizers

Category E

  • Refillable propane containers

Mercury-containing devices were not designated under the MHSW program and are new materials designated under the HSP Regulation.

 

How does the HSP Regulation affect you?

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A person is considered a producer under the HSP Regulation if they supply oil filters, oil containers, antifreeze, solvents, paints and coatings, pesticides, fertilizers, pressurized containers or refillable propane containers, fertilizers and mercury-containing barometers, thermometers or thermostats.

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An HSP hauler is a person who arranges for the transport of HSP that are used by consumers in Ontario and are destined for processing, reuse, refurbishing or disposal. A person who arranges for the transport of HSP that they initially generated is not considered a hauler.

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An HSP processor is a person who processes HSP used by consumers in Ontario for the purpose of resource recovery.

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An HSP disposal facility is a facility at which pesticides are disposed of.

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A producer responsibility organization (PRO) is a business established to contract with producers to provide collection, management and administrative services to help producers meet their regulatory obligations under the HSP Regulation, including:

  • arranging, establishing or operating a collection or management system
  • arranging, establishing or operating a promotion and education system
  • preparing and submitting reports

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Wind up of the MHSW program

The Municipal Hazardous or Special Waste (MHSW) program was operated by Stewardship Ontario, and Industry Stewardship Organizations, Automotive Materials Stewardship, Product Care Association and SodaStream, reported under the program. The program ended on September 30, 2021 and was formally terminated on September 11, 2023. On October 1, 2021, HSP moved to the new individual producer responsibility framework.

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